How to get rid of gerrymandering: the math is surprising

Re:How to get rid of gerrymandering: the math is surprising by tatersolid on Thursday May 12, 2022 @01:14AM (#31349537)

We don’t elect “parties” in the USA, we elect people. There’s no mention of political parties in the US constitution nor in most US state constitutions. This is a feature, not a bug.

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Re:How to get rid of gerrymandering: the math is surprising by Jensson on Thursday May 12, 2022 @01:20AM (#31349574)

You do effectively elect parties as long as the ballots mentions political party affiliation of each candidate.

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Re:How to get rid of gerrymandering: the math is surprising by runarberg on Thursday May 12, 2022 @12:15PM (#31356234)

Or as long as political parties are allowed to endorse candidates.

Ironically Cuba’s national assembly is the only one I can think of where political parties aren’t allowed to endorse candidates.

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Re:How to get rid of gerrymandering: the math is surprising by vidarh on Thursday May 12, 2022 @03:08AM (#31350207)

This is largely fiction, given how large a portion of the electorate will care more about party affiliation than anything else.

It's the kind of broken, bad feature thought up by people assuming everyone would be as politically invested as themselves.

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